260 THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 



quality. Season, September to late fall. It should be more gen- 

 erally grown in New York. 



Historical. Originated with Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minn. It has 

 as yet been grown but little in this state. 



TREE. 



Tree medium in size, moderately vigorous. Form spreading, open and 

 somewhat inclined to droop. Twigs long, curved, slender; internodes long. 

 Bark reddish-brown tinged with green, lightly streaked with scarf-skin, not 

 pubescent. Lenticels quite numerous, small, oblong, not raised. Buds very 

 prominent, large, long, acute, free, not pubescent. Leaves rather long, 

 somewhat twisted and drooping. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit usually rather large, uniform in size and shape. Form roundish or 

 oblate, regular or very faintly ribbed, usually symmetrical ; sides sometimes 

 unequal. Stem long, slender. Cavity acute to somewhat obtuse, medium 

 in depth to rather shallow, rather broad, sometimes furrowed, often thinly 

 russeted. Calyx medium to small, closed or partly open, occasionally de- 

 ciduous. Basin shallow, wide, obtuse, smooth. 



Skin moderately thin, tough, smooth, clear pale yellow almost entirely 

 covered with an attractive bright light red overspread with bluish bloom; 

 sometimes faint narrow stripes extend from the cavity to calyx. Dots 

 rather numerous, light-colored, small to medium size. 



Calyx tube short, rather narrow, very small, conical or somewhat funnel- 

 form. Stamens median to marginal. 



Core medium size, axile; cells closed or nearly so. Carpels roundish or 

 somewhat obovate, slightly tufted. Seeds medium size, rather narrow, acute 

 to acuminate. 



Flesh yellowish, firm, moderately coarse, crisp, juicy, rather brisk sub- 

 acid, good to very good in flavor and quality. 



Season September to November. 



MINNESOTA. 



REFERENCES, i. Gideon, Horticulturist, 27 1244. 1872. 2. Gibb, Ant. Pom. 

 Soc. Rpt., 1883:125. 3. Ib., Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt., 10:36. 1884. 4. 

 Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:244. 5. Beach, N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 15:277. 1896. 

 6. Budd-Hansen, 1903:223. 7. Thomas, 1903:349. 



SYNONYMS. MINNESOTA CRAB (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). MINNESOTA (i). 



This variety originated in Minnesota. The fruit is very large for its class, 

 roundish; skin pale wllow blushed or mottled on the sunny side and over- 

 spread with thin whitish bloom; flesh white, firm, crisp, juicy, fine-grained, 

 subacid to mild subacid or nearly sweet, slightly astringent, good. Season 

 September and October. As grown at this Station the tree is of spreading 

 form, moderately vigorous and not very productive. 



